The figures for persons speaking a language subsidiary to their mother tongue are quite revealing: Hindi (5.10 per cent), Oriya (5.75 per cent), Malayalam (7.11 per cent), Gujarati (7.31 per cent), Tamil (8.11 per cent), Bengali (8.65 per cent), Assamese (8.96 per cent), Marathi (10.47 per cent), Kashmiri (10.69 per cent), Telugu (14.03 per cent), Punjabi (14.16 per cent), Kannada (14.43 per cent) and Urdu (22.09 per cent).
Las cifras para las personas que hablan un idioma subsidiario a su lengua materna son bastante reveladores: hindi (5,10%), oriya (5,75%), malayalam (7,11%), gujarati (7,31%), tamul (8,11%), bengali (8,65%), assamese (8,96%), marathi (10,47%), kashmiri (10,69%), telugu (14,03%), punjabi (14,16%), kannada (14,43%) y urdu (22,09%).